Hop Growing

[MEB]

If you work on the basis of a 10 Year average for the commercial figures you won't go far wrong (the 10 Year average is what GW, MO and DL use in the recipe books . . . Durden park don't bother quoting Alphas in theirs )

Is it a coincidence that the best beers i've brewed and possibly the best beer i've tasted is a DP recipe? Not if you don't believe in coincidences it isn't.

 

[fivetide]

Is this the best thread for this year's hoppiness?

My second year bines - WGV, Fuggles and Bramling Cross - are all now out of the ground and wondering whether or not it's warm enough to start tackling the fence!

 

[fivetide]

They'e all grown up a bit since my last post. All three seem to be doing okay this year. Bramling Cross bit of a late starter though.

 

[fivetide]

Things have really moved on for our WGV, Fuggles and Bramling hop plants, which are enjoying masses of sun and rain

I've posted an update with a couple of photos if you're interested...

 

[tubby_shaw]

Looking good there fivetide :thumb:
I think you may have inspired me to have a go next year now that we have got the garden back to some semblance of order

 

[Aleman]

If anyone wants some Fuggles rhizomes I will be able to supply some this october / november.

 

[tubby_shaw]

Yes please Aleman

 

[trunky]

+me. Would they be lady plants or would it be pot luck?

 

[prolix]

I would imagine they are all lady plants.

I have half a dozen cuttings of fuggles and EKG this year that are rooting well, just cut left in water for two weeks 'till roots grow then plant them, I am going to plant them at work, gardener is interested as he drinks the results anyhow so job done.

 

[fivetide]

Garden hops make brewing very cheap indeed. I made golden ales, milds and bitters with my fuggles and goldings last year for diddly jack squat, other than the toil of looking after the plants, harvesting the cones and drying 'em, which was a pleasure.

 

[Aleman]

All cuttings would be female . . .. And as there are no wild male hops near me They are seedless as well. . . . TBH taking rhizome cuttings are the easiest way of propagating hops, you just dig/pull up a rhizome and cut it into 6-8 inch lengths . . . Plant them and they grow next spring. It can also be successful up to late March when you have the benefit of seeing the roots and shoots emerging from the rhizome.

I'm going for some guerilla gardening next year, by hiding some roots around the hedges etc locally